VSMPO-Avisma and OAK-Zakupki LLC have concluded long-term contracts on delivery of aluminum and titanium products for major Russian aviation industry enterprises. Avisma will be supplying aluminum alloys wares till 2019 and titanium alloys wares by 2020. All the metal will be delivered to the United Aircraft Building Corporation, which includes among others Sukhoi and Irkut…

Karabashmed has started assembling the automated copper pouring machinery. To transport copper ingots to the warehouse a new turnover device and roller table will be constructed. The new machinery will be tested in early autumn, after that the whole metallurgical shop will be shut down for repairs. All the modernization work is expected to be…

The Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works sintering factory has resumed operation. According to the company technical director Konstantin Nesvet, in the first day the factory produced 2 thousand tons of sinter and kept putting sintering machines into operation. DMK has also put its blast furnace N1M into operation, as all the raw materials have been…

The state enterprise Mirnogradugol (Donetsk region) has signed an agreement with the individual entrepreneur Shapko I. M. on the transportation services valued at 199.99 thousand UAH. For the past year Shapko has received orders only from Mirnogradugol, in particular it has signed 5 agreements valued at 998 thousand UAH. Four of these were just 0.01…

Energomashspetsstal has started manufacturing a new batch of billets for Eltech (Poland). The order will be carried out under the contract concluded with Zaklad Mechaniczny ELTECH sp.z.o.o in 2011. The company will supply 12 rolls with the total weight of 90.2 tons. The rolls to be used in the construction of electric machines will be…

This year Uzbekistan will additionally buy 50 thousand tons of rolled metal and 20 thousand tons of raw materials. The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev has signed a decree “On measures to provide for additional needs of the republic in ferrous rolled metals and metallurgical raw materials”. Uzbekistan Temir Yullari (state railroad company) will import…

Alfa-Bank has provided financing of $200 million to Evraz NTMK. The loan has been issued for 6 years. “We are proud of our 10-year cooperation with one of the largest industrial groups of Russia – Evraz NTMK. When working with reliable borrowers, we are ready not only to take decisions quickly, but also provide funds…

Schneider Electric has finished modernization of the automatization and electricity supply system in the smoke exhaust department of the oxygen-converter shop of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. This allowed MMK to decrease electricity consumption by 36% and provide for faultless operation of the important technological site. “This is the first project of energy efficiency improvement…

In June Ukraine produced 1.593 million tons of steel, down by 13% YoY. This resulted in the fall from the 13th position among world steel manufacturers occupied by Ukraine in May to the 14th. In June 67 countries produced 141 million tons of steel, up by 3.2% YoY. China leads the rating with 73.2 million…

As part of his working trip to Pavlodar region, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev visited the Bozshakol mining and processing complex. During the visit, CEO of Kaz Minerals PLC Oleg Novachuk told Prime Minister Sagintayev that the complex was set to produce 100,000 tons of copper annually when it reached its designed capacity. Some…

PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has acquired from Gazprombank rights for loans and accrued interest of Metal-group LLC worth over 12 billion rubles as well as collateral for the loans. Metal-group LLC is the owner of the mining license for the central part of Yakovlevsky iron-ore…

In January-June Kamensk-Uralsky Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works produced 9.3 thousand tons of non-ferrous rolled metal as well as 1.4 thousand tons of powder, up by 14.2% YoY. The share of KUZOTsM in the Russian non-ferrous metals output increased by 3%, to 36%. The company has also increase sales by 15% YoY. In particular, rolled copper…

Sumy NPI (Ukraine) and ArcelorMittal Temirtau have signed an agreement on the delivery of liquid-packed ring pumps and their rotors. According to Sumy NPO chief sales manager Oleg Semesenko, the company will supply 2 VVN2-150m pumps and three rotors. The capacity of the machinery is 150 cubic meters per minute. The weight of each pump…

Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has started constructing the new electronic scale complex to weigh products sent via automobiles from the copper and zinc concentrate warehouse of the processing factory. The estimated cost of the construction is 6.3 million rubles. The new complex will be put in operation in the second half of the year.…

Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has smelted the first large billet weighing 50 tons. The new technology to produce super-sized billets of special steel grades will allow ChMK to enter a new market and sell locally, as well as export. There are not many companies in the world capable of producing such billets, as the…

Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is finishing preparations to start operations. According to the company technical director Konstantin Nesvet, on July 21 it is planned to start loading the blast furnace No. 9. The converter shop started receiving water for cooling, and the section rolling shop prepares to put its heating furnace into operation. Raw…

Black Iron (Canada) intends to prepare a new feasibility study of the project to create the iron ore concentrate manufacture at the Shimanovskoye deposits in Dniepropetrovsk region. The company has attracted BBA Inc. to prepare the study. The document is expected to be complete at the end of the year. “The current exchange rate has…

The Panyutino Car Repairing Works, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, has ordered the Kremenchuk Steel Works the delivery of side frames and bolsters valued at 79.32 million UAH. By the end of the year the company will have supplied 2 thousand side frames valued at 26.92 thousand UAH apiece and 1 thousand bolsters at 25.34 thousand…

In January-June Evraz Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works produced 388 thousand tons of steel, down by 30.7% YoY. Rolled metal output dropped by 29%, to 323 thousand tons, including 197 thousand tons of semi-finished products, down by 25.1%. The company decreased pig iron output by 8.9%, to 489 thousand tons. According to Evraz, the output…

Bratsk Ferroalloy Works, LLC has started reconstructing the ferroalloy furnace No. 3. The repair will result in the 30% increase of output and a 10-13% decrease in energy consumption. Reconstruction will cost some 1 billion rubles. In addition to new equipment the company intends to assemble 530 tons of metal structures, use 640 cubic meters…

ChTPZ Group will supply some 400 tons of steel pipes and over 25 tons of offsets to the Georgian Gas Transportation Company. The batch will include large diameter welded pipes, as well as seamless hot- and cold-deformed pipes and 60 types of offsets. All the products will be supplied in July. The pipes will be…

Novgorodsky Iron and Steel Works is preparing for the scheduled repairs of its MAERZ furnace, the main copper-smelting machine of the enterprise. The furnace will be put out of operation in late July. The repair is expected to be carried out in 7 days. The work will be carried out by NMZ employees. The capacity…

The net profit of Severstal plunged by 62.1% QoQ, to $163 million in April-June, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on July 20. But revenue increased by 9.3%, to $1.931 billion and EBITDA rose by 8.8%, to $629 million. In January-June, the net profit of the company…